A study co-authored by regular contributor, Dr. David Himmelstein, finds that well off patients with health insurance are more likely to receive free prescription samples than are low income uninsured patients. The study is in this month’s issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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This doesn’t seem too surprising. For the drug company, the purpose of samples is to get people using the drug company’s products. So they want the samples to go to people who have the best access to drugs: well off insured people!